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Jul 19, 2018 · Written by Lea M. Martin and Michael A. Sayette of the University of Pittsburgh, their research examines the role that social factors can play in smoking and what this can mean for people...
Being in social networks with people who smoke increases a person’s risk of smoking ( Christakis & Fowler, 2008 ), and the emergence of new social relationships—such as getting married—impacts smoking decisions ( Freeh, 2014 ). But these patterns reveal little about when, how, and why social connections shape whether people smoke.
- Mieke Beth Thomeer, Elaine Hernandez, Debra Umberson, Patricia A. Thomas
- 10.1016/j.alcr.2019.100294
- 2019
- 2019/12
Jul 16, 2022 · Cigarette smoking remains a primary contributor to health disparities in the United States, and significant evidence suggests that smoking behavior is socially influenced.
- 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101167
- 2022/09
- SSM Popul Health. 2022 Sep; 19: 101167.
Jan 2, 2022 · Given the strong relationships between social isolation, loneliness, and negative health outcomes, 20 the results presented here suggest that smoking may not only contribute to poor health and premature mortality via well-known direct and indirect tobacco-related pathways, but also via exacerbating the effects of social factors on morbidity and ...
- 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100302
- 2022/03
- Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022 Mar; 14: 100302.
Lopez et al ’s four-phase model of the smoking epidemic describes how social norms changed as smoking practices diffused and after knowledge of smoking’s harms increased. 13 During the innovation and establishment phase, smoking’s social acceptance increased, followed by rapidly increasing prevalence as new population groups adopted smoking. 7 1...
Dec 9, 2021 · This study compares the predictors of smoking susceptibility among adolescents in Northern Ireland and Bogotá, Colombia. It finds that different factors are associated with smoking intentions across the two settings, such as family smoking, peer influence, self-efficacy, and wellbeing.
May 27, 2021 · Tobacco use in young people: being emic to end the epidemic. In their Article in The Lancet Public Health, Marissa Reitsma and colleagues report their comprehensive analysis of smoking tobacco use in young people from more than 3000 tobacco surveys from 204 countries and territories around the world.
